You do not want to miss this one! For those who aren't aware, MoCool is the world's longest running offline of serious (but fun-loving) wine lovers! This year's theme is: Meri Me! We are featuring wines of the Bdx blend, also known as Meritage wines. If you enjoy 4-star quality cuisine and the opportunity to taste over 200 exceptional wines,you don't want to miss this event. It only happens once a year!! August 16, 2014 is the date, to learn more and sign up go to...

Seriously???!! Oh geesh..I don't know why that happened, Doug! My anti-virus didn't have any trouble with it, and there doesn't seem to be any creepy crawlies attached. Thanks for the heads up, I'll forward this to the web designer.

I still think it is safe to go there. Wonder if you type in the browser instead of clicking the link here? (Spoken as the ludite that I am).

Doug, This is from the webpage designer (with permission to copy here):

Julia, no idea. This is mocool.org we're talking about, correct? I use Avast anti-virus and haven't gotten any warnings. Ditto for Web of Trust in my browser.

Everything on the site is off-the-shelf software that's been vetted by Joomla, and lightly customized by me. So it's doubtful that's the problem. I just took another look through the back end files, and nothing jumped out as suspicious or obviously inserted by hackers. But I'll download a whole site backup archive and scan it more thoroughly with a couple of different programs -- that's a lot more thorough than my eyeballing a few directories.

Meantime, here's the absolute best bet: contact the person using McAfee (who's likely a paying subscriber). There's probably a link in the warning message or elsewhere in the McAfee software going to the McAfee site where it generated the warning. They need to look up or contact McAfee to ask for more details on what caused it to pop up. Without that, a general "Watch out!" isn't of much use. For example, it could even be another site at the same shared IP address that was compromised.

Well, this looks like a rather useless message from McAfee as it doesn't provide any more information than what I forwarded. It does also popup when visiting the sign-up page. However, I get no other warnings/messages so I'm ignoring it.

Doug

If God didn't want me to eat animals, why did He make them out of meat?

Doug Surplus wrote:Well, this looks like a rather useless message from McAfee as it doesn't provide any more information than what I forwarded. It does also popup when visiting the sign-up page. However, I get no other warnings/messages so I'm ignoring it.

Doug,

Like Julia said we hope this means that you will be attending Mo'Cool. I just learned today that Jon Peterson has signed up for his first visit. A good time is guaranteed.

Doug Surplus wrote:Well, this looks like a rather useless message from McAfee as it doesn't provide any more information than what I forwarded. It does also popup when visiting the sign-up page. However, I get no other warnings/messages so I'm ignoring it.

Doug,

Like Julia said we hope this means that you will be attending Mo'Cool. I just learned today that Jon Peterson has signed up for his first visit. A good time is guaranteed.

I'm looking into coming this year. I've always wanted to attend, but it conflicts with a yearly August horse show. My daughter will not be taking her horse this year, and if she goes, will either be riding client horses or assisting clients riding their own. I just need to make sure the dogs will be taken care of.

Doug

If God didn't want me to eat animals, why did He make them out of meat?

Doug Surplus wrote:Well, Bob and Julia. You get your wish. I've signed up and ordered the t-shirt. See you there!

Hmm, after paying through Paypal I didn't get returned to the McCOOL pages. Should I have been and gotten a confirmation?

WOW! persuasion works! Doug, I promise you that you will have an awesome time and will drink some awesome wines and eat some awesome food! Like the commercial says ?Who could ask for anything more? I am looking forward to meeting you. You should get a confirmation email from Mike Hughes, if you don't get one my tomorrow, try sending him an email/pm through the WLDG, or pm me and I'll contact him.

Doug Surplus wrote:Well, Bob and Julia. You get your wish. I've signed up and ordered the t-shirt. See you there!

Hmm, after paying through Paypal I didn't get returned to the McCOOL pages. Should I have been and gotten a confirmation?

YES!!!!! Doug that is awesome! As you make plans to come, you need to know that there is a party on Friday night for those who travel in at the home of one of the locals. You don't want to miss it! We send out details to our traveling friends via email.. More on that later.

I am a long time participant over in the Israeli and Kosher Wine Forum. I also happen to make wine (over 20 years as a hired gun) and finally started to make my own, here in Israel.

I can't possibly make it to MoCool this year, but given this note on the "Details" page of the website -

But we're also looking for worthy samples of these same grape combos from the far corners of the earth -- wines to wallop the taste buds that no one else in attendance has ever tasted.

I thought I might donate a bottle of my wine from Israel? I only make one wine, for now, and it's a "Bordeaux +" of 59% Cab Sauv, 37% Merlot, and 4 Petite Sirah. Whom might I contact and send a bottle to?

Thanks, just one thing. If I get this done, please send me some comments or tasting notes!

Wow, Lewis! How generous of you! That would certainly be a treat for the MoCool gang. As far as shipping goes, I could accept the wine, but I would be concerned about it arriving in good condition due to our extremely high temperatures now. What are your thoughts on that?

I do hope that you will be able to attend MoCool '15, as you certainly do have the MoCool spirit: sharing your passion for great wine with those who appreciate them! Looking forward to meeting you there!